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‘Those About to Die’ is an Hour of Mindless Entertainment

@Courtesy of Peacock Ever since its first real U.S. box office success Universal Soldier, back in 1992, with Roland Emmerich it has always been take it or leave it. His idea of suave, over-the-top, ultra-spectacular mise-en-scène has decreed his greatest successes like Independence Day or 2012. You got the idea, right? A “trademark” that the…

‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire’ Film Review – A Disaster of Epic Proportions

Making a popular science fiction movie can be challenging since audiences will almost certainly come in with a set of expectations that compare new material to the many iconic films, TV series, comics, and books that have influenced them. Adapting a beloved work for the screen is always a risk since casting actors as characters…

‘One Life,’ Anthony Hopkins Revives The British Schindler

The story about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton lands the silver screen, through the  biographical drama that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and its European premiere at the 2023 London Film Festival. One Life retraces the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who during the months…

AFI Fest Film Review – ‘Freud’s Last Session’ is a Thought-Provoking Dialogue Between Two Intellectual Greats

It would be hard to find anyone alive today who hasn’t heard of Sigmund Freud. Having a true awareness of who he really was and the contributions he made to the field of psychoanalysis might not be as widespread, but presuming that he was intuitive and wanted to ask uncomfortable questions to glean eye-opening answers…

Interview With Barrett Wissman on The 69th Taormina Film Festival

Italian writer Leonardo Sciascia in his novel The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta) wrote “You must go to Sicily to see how incredible Italy is.” The book — adapted for the screen by Damiano Damiani in 1968 — is about a series of murders committed by the Mafia and the struggle of…

Armageddon Time : Exclusive Interview with Actors Banks Repeta and Jaylin Webb

Synopsis :  ARMAGEDDON TIME is a deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. The film features an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong. Rating: R (Language|Some Drug Use Involving Minors) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: James Gray Producer: Anthony Katagas, Marc Butan, Rodrigo…

New York Film Festival Review -‘Armageddon Time’ Delves into Director James Gray’s Influential Childhood

It’s natural for filmmakers to want to revisit their pasts through their chosen medium of artistic expression. They create stories that might reflect other people’s experiences or adapt someone else’s memories or fiction, and it’s impossible for them not to be influenced at least somewhat by what they’ve been through in their lives. It’s particularly…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – ‘The Son’ is a Flawed Portrait of the Challenges of Parenting

It’s not easy to be a parent, and one of the most challenging parts of the job is not knowing what a child will be like ahead of time. Kids are to a degree shaped by how their parents raise them, but they are also influenced by other factors and develop personality traits of their…

Zero Contact : Exclusive Interview / Director Rick Dugdale Challenges with Zoom Setting in Pandemic Time Through the NFT Release

Synopsis : Starring Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs), this high-tech thriller chillingly reimagines our isolated, virtual world. Hopkins plays Finley Hart, the eccentric genius behind a global data-mining program. Upon his death, five remote agents — including Finley’s son — are contacted by a mysterious A.I. entity to reactivate the…

The Oscar Winning Actor, Anthony Hopkins to Play Sigmund Freud in “Freud’s Last Session”

Two-time Oscar winning actor from “Silence of the Lambs” and “The Father,” Anthony Hopkins is set to take on the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud in a new project called, “Freud’s Last Session” which was launched in the Cannes market. “Freud’s Last Session“ is being directed Matthew Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity), working from a…

Anthony Hopkins Reunites with ‘The Father’ Filmmaker for New Drama ‘The Son’

Anthony Hopkins has reunited with his The Father filmmaker Florian Zeller for a second movie called The Son. Zeller adapted his play The Son for the screen. “After our journey on The Father, I couldn’t make another film without Anthony,” Zeller said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “He was the first one to read…